“Viability, medical advancements loom in legal battles over abortion”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“California Judge Cuéllar to Lead Influential Think Tank; An immigrant and Obama White House aide, Mr. Cuéllar takes over an institution with close ties to President Biden”: Michael Crowley of The New York Times has this report.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar stepping down to head think tank.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Newsom gets state high court justice pick as Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar resigns for think-tank job.”

Don Thompson of The Associated Press reports that “California Supreme Court justice leaving to head think tank.”

Today, Merrill Balassone of the California Courts Newsroom issued a news release titled “California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Named Carnegie Endowment President.”

“Man could go free after court overturns manslaughter conviction on McGirt claim”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.

“No masks, no distancing in the courtroom meant no jury duty for this retired professor — now facing a possible $500 contempt sanction”: Bruce Vielmetti has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Levy hosts panel discussion of key cases from the Supreme Court’s last and upcoming terms and the Court’s increasing use of its ‘shadow docket’; Hot button issues the Court will take up during the October 2021 term include abortion rights and gun rights”: Duke Law News has this report.

“State Supreme Court agrees to fast-track hearing in AG’s appeal in school mask mandate lawsuit”: Andrea Eger of The Tulsa World has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett says the supreme court aren’t ‘partisan hacks.’ Oh really? Never mind the court’s wildly rightwing bent and secretive ‘shadow docket’ — or Barrett’s refusal to recuse herself from a case involving a fossil fuel giant that employed her father.” Columnist David Sirota has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

“Justice Thomas defends the Supreme Court’s independence and warns of ‘destroying our institutions'”: Mike Berardino and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

Sara Burnett of The Associated Press reports that “Clarence Thomas criticizes judges for veering into politics.”

And Kate Luce of ABC 57 in South Bend, Indiana reports that “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gives Tocqueville Lecture at Notre Dame.”

You can view on YouTube “Justice Clarence Thomas: 2021 Tocqueville Lecture.”

“Hillsdale alumni clerk for US Supreme Court this term”: Elizabeth Troutman of The Hillsdale Collegian has this report.

“The Roberts Court is Dying. Here’s What Comes Next. With the chief justice increasingly sidelined, the Supreme Court’s new majority has an aggressive strategy to cement a conservative agenda.” Law professor Aziz Huq has this essay online at Politico Magazine.